Financial News Discussion of COST - Costco Wholesale Corporation on Fox Business

Financial News for Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST)

COST 2/9/2010 3:27PM 52 Week Price Range Market Capitalization Dividend Yield Recent Dividend
$58.64 $38.17 — $61.25 $25.5 Billion 1.20% $0.68

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Costco Wholesale Corp. was discussed on Fox Business which was originally produced by Fox Business on 9/3/2009
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Necessary items but many stuck to the essentials. Sandra smith has the details. We're hearing it from all kind of retailretailers yesterday. Stick to essentials, not a lot of clothing purchases for example going on. >> shopping at COSTCO. Food and sundries selling. COSTCO is the barometer now of how the retailers are faring. Remember, wal-mart stopped reporting the monthly sales figures, is so'sco we look to see what people are buying. They beat expectations and the sales fell 2%. Wall street predicted 6% not as bad as expect bud the sales were down. Stock today. >> huge jump in the stock. Doing very, very well. Nasdaq traded stock. The company said food was selling. Healthcare products selling.

“s selling. COSTCO is the barometer now of how the retailers are faring. Remember, wal-mart stopped reporting the monthly sales figures, is so'sco we look to see what people are buying. They beat expectations and the sales fell 2%. Wall street predicted 6% not as bad as expect bud the sales were down. Stock today.
huge jump in the stock. Doing very, very well. Nasdaq traded stock. The company said food was selling. Healthcare products selling. ”
Fox Business Sep 3, 2009 2:07 PM
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